Type-writer cabinet.



J. E. MARTIN. TYPE WRITER CABINET.

111110111011 FILED JAN. 3, 1910.

Patented June 10, 1913.

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l/VVENTOR Jazzzea'E M26212 WITNESSES ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANOGHAPHCO.,WASHINDTON, D. c.

J. E. MARTIN.

TYPE WRITER CABINET. APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 3, 1910.

Patented June 10,1913.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH (IO-,WASHINGTON, D. c.

JAMES ELIVIEE MARTIN, OF KENSINGTON, MINNESOTA.

TYPE-WRITER CABINET.

Application filed January 3, 1910.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES E. MARTIN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Kensington, in thecounty of Douglas and State of Minnesota, have invented a new andImproved Type-Writer Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear,and ex act description.

A primary object of my invention is to provide novel details ofconstruction for a cabinet, that adapt it for the safe and convenientdisposal of a typewriter machine within the cabinet, so as to protect itfrom dust and improper handling, but permit its instant elevation intoposition for service.

A further object is to provide novel receptacles for stationery, ormanuscripts that are to be copied, and arrange said receptacles so thatthey will be exposed for use when the typewriter machine is disposed inposition for use, and so connect the typewriter support and the paperholders, that the latter will be inclosed in the cabinet when thetypewriter in inclosed therein.

The invention further embodies means for supporting a long sheet ofpaper that is passing through the typewriter machine, and furthermorethe cabinet contains a drawer for holding typewriting material for useas required.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of ref erence indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken perspective view showing interior details, andtheir relative positions when the cabinet is closed; Fig. 2 is asectional side view of the cabinet, details thereof being shown inposition for service, and a typewriter machine that is indicated bydotted lines disposed for use, the line of section being indicated at 22in Fig. l; Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of a paper supportingbracket arm that is a de-.

tail of the invention; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the cabinet and paperholder, the lid of the cabinet being shown in open adjustment; Fig. 5 isa sectional side view of the upper portion of the device, showing partsSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1%,1913.

Serial No. 536,008.

as they are adjusted when the cabinet is open, the line of section beingindicated at 55 in Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a sectional side view ofdetails substantially on the same line with that defining Fig. 5, butrepresenting parts as they appear when the lid of the cabinet ispartially raised to open the cabinet, or when rocked from an openposition for its closure.

In the drawings, 10 indicates the body of the cabinet, comprising afour-walled substantially rectangular structure, having a drawer 11,disposed slidably and horizontally in its lower portion, and asindicated in Figs. 1 and 2 the body 10 is mounted upon casters (4 thatadapt it for easy lateral movement.

A lid 12 is provided for closure of the open upper end of the cabinetbody 10, said lid that is rectangular in contour, having a fiat bottomedrecess 2) formed therein which is marginally rectangular, and in it isfitted a platen 13, that is detachably secured in place, and alfords abase board whereon a typewriter machine A of any preferred constructionis mounted and affixed.

The lid 12 is loosely fitted at its side edges between correspondingside walls 10 of the cabinet 10, and at opposite points a properdistance from the normally front transverse edge of the lid, the latteris pivoted upon said side walls, and it will be noted that these pivotsc are disposed somewhat nearer the front edge d of the lid than theparallel rear edge 6 thereof.

In Figs. 2, 5 and 6 it will be seen that the upper portions of the sidewalls 10 project at the front an equal distance forward from the frontwall 10 of the cabinet body, thus forming similar open recesses gthereat. The upper transverse edge of the front wall 10 is depressedbelow the upper edges of the side walls 10.

An extension piece 10 is provided for filling the space produced bydepression of the upper edge of the front wall 10", said extension piecefitting loosely in the recesses g, and above said recesses projectingrearward, having a thickness that adapts said upper portion 10 to fillthe space produced by the depression of the front wall 10". Upon therear transverse edge and lower corner of the portion 10 of the extensionpiece 10", a rabbet h is formed, and from said rabbet at each side wall10 a guide strip 2' depends, these strips being attached at their upperends upon the rear surface of the extension member 10, and depending inloose contact with the rear side of the front wall 10 A ledge strip h issecured on each side wall 10 in loose contact with a respective guidestrip 2', and it will be seen that by the joint service of the guidestrips and ledge strips the extension piece 10 and portion 1O thereofare supported for vertical reciprocation.

There is a rabbet h formed on the forward transverse edge of the lid 12,removing the upper corner thereof, and as shown in Fig. 6 the positionof the pivots 0 is such, that the rabbet-ed front edge of the lid 12will engage with the similar rear transverse edge of the extensionmember 1'0 that has been depressed, and by rocking the lid downward atthe rear edge thereof the frontedge of the lid will lift the extensionpiece 10 10 and dispose the lid and extension piece in the same plane,rendering their upper surfaces level, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

Near the rear wall 10 of the cabinet body 10 two ledge strips m aresecured on the sidewalls 1O parallel with said rear wall, thus producingtwo guide channels a between the rear edges of said strips and the rearwall 10 A paper holding tray 14 is a feature of the invention, andconsists of an oblong rectangular box, that is open on the upper side,has its front wall of less height than the rear wall thereof, and ispreferably divided into a plurality of receptacles by securing spacedpartitions 0 longitudinally therein.

The trayis provided with depending legs 7) at its ends, which legsloosely occupy the guide channels a and adapt the tray to receivevertical reciprocation. Upon the partitions 0 spring clasps 0 areremovably mounted, which serve to temporarily secure printed matter ormanuscript that is to be copied. Upon the side edges of the lid 12 twosimilar open recesses r are formed by removing material from corners ofthe lid which are at the under side of the lid when it is closed, as isclearly shown in Fig. 1.

Two similar link rods 15 serve to connect the lid 12 and tray 14 so thatthe rocking movement of the lid will correspondingly slide the trayvertically. The link rods mainly occupy the recesses 1" when the lid isrocked into opened adjustment, and at their forward end'sare pivoted insaid recesses a proper distance rearward of the pivots 0, asindicated at1". There'is a slot 8 formed in the other end of each link rod 15, andas shown clearly in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, said slotted ends of the linkrodsare'lapped upon the respective end walls of the tray and'are thereonpivoted by a headed screw a, or the like, the bodies of said pivotspassing through the slots 5 into the tray.

As indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, a typewriter machine A issecured upon the platen 13, and when the lid 12 is closed said machinehangs down in the upper portion of the cabinet body 10; and it will benoted in F 'ig. 6 that the act of closing the lid, while it raises theextension piece 10 simultaneously depresses the tray 1-1, so that thelatter will be inclosed t0- get-her with the typewriter machine.

Upon an inspection of Figs. 2, 5 and 6, it will be seen that if thecabinet is closed, it may be readily opened for service by. raising thelid from its rear transverse edge and rocking it on its pivots 0, untilthe platen 18 becomes the upper side and the typewriter machine A isplaced upright in position for use.

It will be noted that the points of pivotal connection 0 that are nearthe front transverse edge of the lid when it is closed, adapt theremaining wider portion of the lid to project in front of the cabinetwhen the lid is rocked intoop'en adjustment, and thus afford space forthe person to sit comfortably facing the typewriter machine whilewriting thereon.

A bracket arm 16, shown broken in Fig. 2, may be erected upon the lid 12behind the typewriter machine when the latter is positioned for service,by an engagement of its lower end within a socket 1: formed in the lidnear its edge that is disposed rearward when said lid is opened. The arm16 is T- shaped, and hooks t are placed on the front face of the uppertransverse member thereof, said hooks being engaged with a paper sheetto hold it in place. The arm 16 is particularly well adapted forsupporting a long sheet of paper that is passed through the typewritermachine rearwardly.

The drawer 11 is very convenient for holding typewriter paper of varioussizes and carbon paper also, thus providing conveniently all theessentials for work on the typewriter 'inachine.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In combination, a 'i' ectangulanbodied cabinet,having the upper edge of its front wall depressed, an extension piecefor said front wall slidable thereon, and a lid pivoted near onetransverse edge between the side walls of the body, said lid depressingthe extension piece when rocked into open adjustment and raising saidextension piece when the lid is closed.

2. In a typewriter cabinet, the combination with the body of the cabinethaving its front wall depressed, of a slidable extension piece for thesaid front wall, said extension projecting in the depression ofthe frontwall and provided with a rabbet on its name to this specification in thepresence of inier ioweri3 edge, an}? a (aid pivoted at its twosubscribing witnesses. si e ec es etween t e si es 0 the cabinet andhazing a rabbet on its front edge en- JAMES ELMER MARTIN gaging therabbet of the extension piece Witnesses: when the lid is closed. R. J.RAsMUssoN,

In testimony whereof I have signed my EDW. OLSON.

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